WEBVTT >> WE STAY WITH FRIENDS, SOWE'RE WALKING AROUND WITH EACHOTHER. CASEY: THESE TULANE STUDENTS SAYTHEY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THEIRSAFETY, ESPECIALLY AFTERRECEIVING A CRIME ALERT FROMCAMPUS POLICE.ABOUT A SEXUAL ASSAULT NEARCAMPUS.>> IT JUST SAID THAT A GIRL WASWALKING ON BROADWAY NEARCLAIBORNE AT LIKE 8:00 P.M. ANDGROUND. CASEY: TULANE POLICE SAY ASTUDENT TOLD THEM A MAN WITH AGUN GRABBED HER FROM BEHIND,THREW HER TO THE GROUND, ANDSEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.INVESTIGATORS SAY A WITNESS SAWTHE ATTACK AND THREATENED TOCALL THE POLICE.THAT'S WHEN THE SUSPECT RAN AWAYTOWARD CLAIBORNE AVENUE.>> THEY GAVE A WHOLE DESCRIPTIONABOUT HIM, BUT IT WAS WEIRDBECAUSE THAT'S NOT THAT LATE ATNIGHT.IT WAS LIKE 8:00 P.M., AND ATBROADWAY THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLEWALKING AROUND, ESPECIALLYDURING MARDI GRAS, SO IT WASWEIRD.CASEY: THESE CO-EDS SAY DESPITETHE ALLEGED ASSAULT THEY FEELSAFE ON CAMPUS.>> I FEEL LIKE IT'S A LITTLESCARIER WHEN YOU'RE OFF CAMPUS.LIKE, WE DON'T REALIZE THATBROADWAY ISN'T ON CAMPUS, BUT IFEEL LIKE -- >> OUR DORM IS RIGHT HERE, SO ITIS CLOSE.I FEEL LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEAREA, WE FEEL PRETTY SAFE. CASEY: ANOTHER INCIDENTREPORTEDLY HAPPENED ON UNO'SCAMPUS.POLICE SAY A WOMAN TOLD THEM SHEWAS AT A MARDI GRAS PARADEUPTOWN WHEN A MAN SHE DIDN'TKNOW FORCED HER INTO A WHITE CARAND DROVE TO A CAMPUS APARTMENT,WHERE HE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.THEN POLICE SAY THE SUSPECTDROPPED HER OFF AT LEON C. SIMONAND ELYSIAN FIELDS AND DROVEAWAY.POLICE SAY THAT THE VICTIMREFUSED TO HAVE A SEXUAL ASSAULTEXAMINATION AND WAS UNABLE TO

Two rapes were reported near colleges campuses in New Orleans in the past week and students have been put on alert.

The first incident happened Saturday night near Tulane University's Uptown campus, and the latest was reported early Wednesday near the University of New Orleans.

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A UNO spokesperson said they are aware of the alleged sexual assault that was reported at the Lakefront campus, and it is being investigated by the New Orleans Police Department.

New Orleans police said a woman told them she was at a Mardi Gras parade Uptown when a man she did not know forced her into a white vehicle and drove to a UNO campus apartment where he sexually assaulted her.

Then police said the suspect reportedly dropped the 20-year-old victim off at Leon C. Simon Drive and Elysian Fields Avenue and drove away.

Police said the victim refused to have a sexual assault examination and was unable to show detectives the dorm where the alleged assault happened.

Students at Tulane University said Wednesday that they are serious about their safety especially after receiving a crime alert from campus police about a sexual assault near the university.

"It just said that a girl was walking on Broadway near Claiborne at like 8 p.m. and some man pushed her to the ground," said Samantha Spanovich, a freshman from New Jersey.

Tulane police issued a crime alert over the weekend saying a student reported that a man with a gun grabbed her from behind, threw her to the ground and sexually assaulted her.

Investigators said a witness saw the attack and threatened to call the police and the suspect ran away toward Claiborne Avenue and was seen on surveillance video.

"They gave a whole description about him, but it was weird because that's not that late at night. It was like 8 p.m. and at Broadway there's so many people walking around especially during Mardi Gras so it was weird," Spanovich said.

She and her friends said despite the alleged assault, they feel safe on campus.

"I feel like it's a little scarier when you're off campus like we don't realize that Broadway isn't on campus, but I feel like in the middle of the area we feel pretty safe," said Jenna Lorin, a freshman from California.

Tulane police cautioned students to be aware of their surroundings, report suspicious activity immediately and be a good witness by providing detailed descriptions of what happened.

Police have not made an arrest in either case. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.